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Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941) was an African American biologist and educator best known for his pioneering work in the understanding of evolutionary and developmental biology.
He graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth, taught at Howard University, worked at Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, and received a PhD (the first awarded to an African American) from the University of Chicago.
In 1911, with three students, he founded the first Black fraternity at Howard University.
While researching in France, he was arrested and imprisoned in a prisoner-of-war camp when Germany invaded in 1940. With the help of family, we was rescued by the US State Department.
Since 2000, the Medical University of South Carolina has hosted the annual Ernest E. Just Symposium to encourage non-white students to pursue careers in biomedical sciences and health professions.